Ranked: The Countries Receiving the Most Remittances From Abroad

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The Countries Receiving the Most Remittances From Abroad

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We chart the top countries by money received from abroad, in current U.S. dollars, based on 2000-2023 data from Knomad.

Specifically, these transfer totals shown represent personal remittances, or money sent between residents and non-residents, including personal transfers and compensation for work done abroad. It does not include, and is separate from, foreign investment.

Top 10 Countries by Personal Remittances Received (2000-2023)

The Indian diaspora—measuring nearly 18 million people—collectively sent more than $125 billion back to the country in 2023. In fact, India became the first country to ever receive more than $100 billion in personal remittances in 2022.

Top Countries Receiving
Money From Abroad2000 Top Countries Receiving
Money From Abroad2023e 🇮🇳 India$13B🇮🇳 India$125B 🇫🇷 France$9B🇲🇽 Mexico$67B 🇲🇽 Mexico$8B🇨🇳 China$50B 🇵🇭 Philippines$7B🇵🇭 Philippines$40B 🇬🇧 UK$5B🇫🇷 France$34B 🇹🇷 Türkiye$5B🇵🇰 Pakistan$24B 🇰🇷 South Korea$5B🇪🇬 Egypt$24B 🇺🇸 U.S.$4B🇧🇩 Bangladesh$23B 🇵🇹 Portugal$4B🇳🇬 Nigeria$21B 🇩🇪 Germany$4B🇬🇹 Guatemala$20B
Note: 2023 figures are estimates. All numbers rounded.

For context, India’s remittances received adds to more than the next two countries, Mexico ($67 billion) and China ($50 billion) combined.

Meanwhile, over the last two decades, the top 10 has seen a major shift. Countries from Europe have fallen out, replaced by Asian and African countries with big diaspora communities.

And the countries they’ve replaced—France, UK, Germany—are now some of the top destinations for immigration, from where remittances are usually sent.

The UN states that at least one in nine people globally are supported by funds received from abroad, and half of the amount ends up in rural areas, where some of the world’s poorest people live. This also makes remittances three times more important than international aid.

On a global scale, personal inbound remittances have risen seven times between 2000 and 2023.

Charted: EU Emigrants by Country

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Charted: EU Emigrants by Country

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Immigration into the EU has been a hot topic since 2011. In fact, in several EU countries, immigrants make up nearly one-fifth of the population. But what of the EU’s emigration patterns?

We chart out the number of EU emigrants by their country of citizenship in 2022. Data for this visualization is sourced from Eurostat.

Which EU Country Had the Most Emigrants in 2022?

Germany and Spain had the highest number of emigrants in the EU in 2022, both measuring more than half a million people.

Interestingly, while German emigrants prefer moving to Switzerland and Austria, Spanish migrants often end up in Germany.

Here’s a full list of 27 EU member states and their emigration numbers in 2022, both as number of people and as a percentage of the population. Data for Switzerland, Norway, and Liechtenstein has also been included for context, but is not part of the visualization, nor contributes to the overall EU number.

RankCountryEmigrants (2022)% of Population (2022) 1🇩🇪 Germany533,4850.64% 2🇪🇸 Spain531,8891.11% 3🇫🇷 France249,3550.37% 4🇵🇱 Poland228,0060.62% 5🇷🇴 Romania202,3111.06% 6🇮🇹 Italy150,1890.25% 7🇨🇭 Switzerland*122,1231.39% 8🇳🇱 Netherlands109,6160.62% 9🇧🇪 Belgium84,6270.72% 10🇬🇷 Greece80,3070.77% 11🇦🇹 Austria74,2710.82% 12🇩🇰 Denmark62,9271.07% 13🇮🇪 Ireland61,1331.19% 14🇭🇺 Hungary58,4080.61% 15🇸🇪 Sweden50,5920.48% 16🇭🇷 Croatia46,2871.20% 17🇳🇴 Norway*32,5360.60% 18🇨🇿 Czech Republic31,7640.30% 19🇵🇹 Portugal30,9540.30% 20🇸🇮 Slovenia20,9560.99% 21🇨🇾 Cyprus17,9581.43% 22🇱🇺 Luxembourg17,2272.64% 23🇱🇻 Latvia16,6800.89% 24🇫🇮 Finland15,6350.28% 25🇱🇹 Lithuania15,2700.54% 26🇧🇬 Bulgaria13,1750.20% 27🇲🇹 Malta13,1662.48% 28🇪🇪 Estonia9,6570.72% 29🇸🇰 Slovakia4,4680.08% 30🇱🇮 Liechtenstein*4801.22% N/A🇪🇺 EU2,730,3130.61%
*Not in the EU, but part of the European Free Trade Area or the European Economic area. Emigrants counted by country of citizenship, not birth.

As a percentage of the population, Malta and Luxembourg had slightly more than